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2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

('No Model.)

P. v. GLARK.

WAGON BODY.

Patented Nov. 26, 1889.

WITNESSES:

INVENTOB (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. P. V. CLARK. WAGON BODY.

No. 415,958. Patented Nova 26, 1889.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY the following is a specification.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

PHINEAS V. CLARK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WAGON-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,958, dated November 26, 1889.

Application filed August 6, 1889.

To all whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that. I, PHINEAS V.- CLARK, a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vagons, Carts, &c., of which My improvements relate to wagons, trucks, and carts intended for the conveyance of garbage, ashes, and other refuse matter. more especially, but also useful, for such as used for grain, lime, plaster, vegetables, fruits, and all other materials carried in bulk; and they consist of certain devices whereby loading and unloading are facilitated, with avoidance of dust or litter, and also with economy of time and labor.

They also consist of a device whereby a packing of contents within the vehicle-body is effected, and thereby conveyance of larger quantity of material secured, and of other devices and combinations of devices, as hereinafter more fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents in perspective a box or body of a vehicle-such as wagon, truck, cart, &c.containing my improvements. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section lengthwise the vehicle-body. Fig. 3 represents a horizontal view of the same with top or covers removed. Fig. 4 represents in perspective the loading device alone. Fig. 5 represents a portion of the front end of the vehicle-body in perspective, the loading device removed. Fig. 6 shows the box or dirt-receptacle which I use in preference. Fig.7 shows in perspective the slide or device used in shifting and packing the material within the vehicle-body. Fig. 8 shows in perspective a portion of the front end of vehicle-box, in this case provided with a permanent hood, under and within which the loading device is operated and by which escape of dust isprevented.

On the drawings, A indicates the box or body of the vehicle, which may be of any of the two or four wheeled varieties.

B indicates the device for loading the vehicle. It is formed with. a vertical plate, cheek, or apron a, a horizontal plate, plat-' form, or rest b, and a guiding flange or rib c,

and is adapted to receive a barrel, basket, box, or other receptacle, in which the materials to.

Serial No. 319,884. (No modal.)

be conveyed in the vehicle have been brought of holding a box or other receptacle (shown at B) to device B while reversing and returning the same I employ a device at f, (shown in Fig. 1 as a set-screw,) whereby a grip may be obtained. thereon, or a spring, (shown at g, Fig. 3,) the latter obtaining itsgrip auto- .matically and admitting of the placing and removal of the box, &c., by simply sliding it on and off. Either device may be used alone or both conjointly, as desired.

At A is shown a, cover or flap the upper side of which may contain a drivers seat, or in itself form a seat, while its under side is provided with checks, folding flaps, or other means to constitute a hood partially or wholly inclosing the box B, barrel, or other loading receptacle, to prevent escape of dust while discharging its contents about, as shown at h, Fig. 5. The flap or cover A is hinged to the box of the vehicle, as at '1', or otherwise pivoted thereto, and as the device B, with its load, israised and turned over, its upward pressure lifts the cover A to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and of course it follows the device B down on its return, impelled by its own weight.

When the refuse-receptacle is overturned in reversal by means of the lever, a vigorous shaking may be sustained suflicient to completely empty the box of its contents,whether moist or dry. The material, discharged into the vehicle-bod y being received at the place where the device B is located would remain there unless otherwise disposed of or shifted. For that purpose I provide a slide 0, which serves, also, as an end-board, and is shovelshaped, as shown in Fig. 2, sectionally. I form it, also, with cheeks C, which have shoveledges, as shown in Fig. 3, adapted to clean the corners or angles of the vehiclebox; and they also serve to facilitate the movement of the slide and prevent its stickingor clogging. For the movement of the slide I provide chains, Wwire rope, or other rope, as shown at I), extending from the slide to which their ends are attached to pulleys I: at rear end of vehicle-body, around the same to exterior of the same and forward to the other end, where they are attached to a Windlass or drum E, journaled to vehicle body, as at F, by a suitable shaft, at the outer ends of which a gearing is connected, as at G, whereby power is obtained, using the simple gearing shown, or, when desired, the addition of compound gearing. The turning of the gear may be effected by a crank, as in Fig. 1,

.. or a hand-wheel, as in Fig. 3, both sides of the vehicle being provided with means for the purpose. The normal position of the slide is, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 5, at the receiving end of the vehicle, and when so situated it'forms the end-board of the vehicle, and the garbage, &c., is discharged into the vehicle-box back of the slide, after which operation the slide is drawn to. the other end of the vehicle, carrying with it the materials received and packing the same against the tail-board. The other face of the slide (front, as shown on the drawings) is provided with a rope or chain extending therefrom to the windlass in such manner that a reverse .movement of the gearing will draw back the slide after the materials received have been shifted to its normal position ready to receive again; In unloading the vehicle it is only necessary to remove the tail-board and draw the slide toward that end, thereby forcing out the contents.

It may be readily seen that ample power may be exerted in operating the Windlass by the use of either simple or compound gearing according to the nature of the materials operated upon. The slide 0 is drawn back again by a chain or rope D running therefrom to the under "side of the Windlass, the reverse turn of which winds it up, carrying the slide forward to receive again. Instead of the chains or ropes passing around the sides, as shown, they may pass beneath the bottom of the vehicle-body to the drum and around the drum back to the front of the slide.

For use in discharging coal and similar material the slide may be made with a straight face to prevent the throwing upward if an open vehicle-body is used.

The wagon or other vehicle is especially for use in the removal of garbage and similar refuse in cities, and, although any kind of receptacle-as box, barrel, basket, can, 850.- may be received upon and operated by the loading device A, yet I have devised a special box, which by preference I employ, (this box or case I show in Fig. 6,) made of wood or metal, or both, and with a lug formed as a depression or projection adapted to engage with either of the gripping devices f or g. I

also provide said box with cover in one or two flaps, as shown, which readily open-in reversal and closcas the box is returned to horizontal position.

Although the loading device B is-shown as located at the front end of a vehicle-body, I do not confine myself to such location, for it maybe connected to either side or at the tail end of the vehicle, as desired. Neither do I confine myself to special material in construction of any part of my invention, using whatever may be most suitable for the required'service.

Instead of cover A, with its folding flaps, I sometimes employ a permanently-attached hood, formed somewhat as shown at H, Fig. 8, made of any suitable material, having a drivers seat attached exteriorly when desired. The arch of this hood permits the box and loading device B to turn over freely therein, but fitting sufficiently close as to prevent escape of dust, &c.

The vehicle-box is shown with covers over the rear portion adapted to open in two flaps. It is the intention to use atight and rigid cover in most instances as most conducive to the forcing outward of the contents; buteither may be used as desired.

WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A device, as a platform or rest, pivoted or similarly hung to a wagon or cart body and adapted for reception of box, barrel, or other receptacle, the device capable of obtaining grip thereon and admitting of the emptying of the same-by a reversal of position bringing the utensil upside down over the vehiclebody, essentially as shown and described.

2. The device B, connected to the vehicle body or box A, comprising the vertical plate or apron a, the horizontal plate or rest I), the guide-flange cheek or rib c, the apron a, journaled or pivoted to the vehicle-body, as at d, and provided with lever, as at e, and adapted for reversal over the vehicle-body, essentially as shown and described.

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3. The combination of parts a, b, c, d, e, and

f, constituting the loading device A, arranged and connected to a vehicle body or box and adapted for operation essentially as shown and described.

4. As a means of carrying and holding a receptacle during the operation of reversing in loading, the cheeks a and c, rising from base-plate, floor, or shelf 1), and the device f,

adapted for obtaining a grip upon the receptacle resting upon shelf 1), all combined essen tially as shown and described.

5. In combination with cheeks a and c, rising from shelf b, a spring g, adapted to engage with an indention or projection forming part of a box, whereby sufficient grip is obtained to hold the box securely between the cheeks in reversal, essentially as shown and described.

6. A box or case B, provided with an indention or projection, forming a device adapted for engaging with nected with check set forth.

7. In combination with a vehic1e-body, a device for packing materials emptied loosely therein, consisting of slide 0, chains or ropes D, running over pulleys, as at k, and Windlass E, with power-gearing G, all combined and arranged for operation sentially as shown and described.

8. In a Vehicle-box,

a spring or setserew conor guide 0, essentially as the device G, provided with suitable moving mechanism and adapted I for shifting materials dumped loosely within the vehicle-box and packing such materials therein, essentially as herein set forth.

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PHINEAS V. CLARK. \Vitnesscs:

' SYLVESTER S. WALTERS,

GEORGE MILLER. 

